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Vietnamese Ministry Tours U.S. Following Historic Agreement, Keith Feigenbaum

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Delegation of Vietnamese demining experts visits James Madison University's Mine Action Information Center as part of State Department-sponsored U.S. tour. Visit follows the United States's provision of $3 million in landmine aid to Vietnam.

The Journal Of Mine Action Issue 5.1 (2001), Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Journal of Mine Action Issue 5.1

Landmines in Asia and the Pacific

Uxo Clearance In Guam And The Pacific Islands Is Considered Mostly "Emergency Removal." The Journal Examines How Improper Disposal, Fatalities And A Lack Of Survey Or Accident Data Compounds The Problem For This Region., Ruth Bottomley

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Despite the dangers, villagers often resort to clearing mine fields, especially when the use of valuable agricultural lands is at stake. This practice is a common topic for discussion in the demining community, although it is far from being resolved.

Mine/Uxo Casualties And Casualty Surveillance In Cambodia, Reuben Mccarthy

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Handicap International's Reuben McCarthy details the combined efforts of HI, the Cambodian Red Cross and UNICEF in Cambodia. Putting faces with statistics, he gives the how, when and where of mine/UXO incidents in the country.

Gerbera: Mine Action Activities In Vietnam And Laos, Lisa M. Vanada

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In an attempt to help Vietnamese villagers resettle their UXO-contaminated homeland, Germany's GERBERA took the clearance initiative in 1998. As of July 2000, it had successfully relocated 40 families and expanded operations to Laos.

India, Country Profile

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Country profile of India

Myanmar, Country Profile

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Myanmar

Ddasaccident408, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

A LAV III following the Nyala struck the mine with the right rear intermediate wheel. Force of explosion destroyed both intermediate tyres. Three pers were in the LAV III and no injuries were sustained.”

Ddasaccident403, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

Deminer had searched the working lane with his metal detector, having clearly marked the reached right border of his working lane. However it is obvious that he did not mark the left border of his working lane, i.e. he did not follow the metal detector search progress. He most probably had in mind to additionally mark the reached or ‘searched’ area. After searching the mentioned area with the metal detector without any signal that would indicate the presence of metal, he went back to the beginning of his lane, left the detector there, took two pickets, hammer and the base …

Acting Against Landmines: The Position Of Handicap International, Hi

Global CWD Repository

Handicap International provides help to people in situation of vulnerability, especially those in areas of low development and in conflict zones. The association specifically acts on behalf of people with disabilities, irrespective of the cause of their impairment (congenital or pre-natal problems, disease, accidents, violence or traumatism, malnutrition) and of its nature (physical, sensorial, intellectual).

Since its creation in 1982, Handicap International has been confronted with the widespread nature of the devastation caused by landmines, and especially by antipersonnel mines1 . Tens of thousands of people who have benefited from Handicap International’s assistance, share a common factor, one day, they …

Report On The Review Of Unocha's Mine Action Programme For Afghanistan, Gichd

Global CWD Repository

This report was commissioned and funded by the Government of Japan, the Canadian International Development Agency and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, requiring for additional funds further evidence of programme impact and recommendations on the future development of the MAPA. The objectives of the review are:

1) To determine the benefit of mine action in Afghanistan to date in terms of:

• humanitarian and socio-economic impact
• technical effectiveness
• management efficiency
• political considerations
• effective, efficient and transparent use of funding

2) To recommend changes to improve the efficiency and impact of MAPA.

3) To consider options leading to …

A Study Of Socio-Economic Approaches To Mine Action, Undp

Global CWD Repository

The Study of Socio-Economic Approaches to Mine Action aims to develop straightforward guidelines for the planning and evaluation of mine action programmes. Guidelines that put centre stage human, social, economic and environmental indicators for mine action and their role within wider emergency and development humanitarian interventions.

Ddasaccident430, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

At approximately 11:00hrs on 20 February, a left hand drive Land Rover with add-on armour for mine protection, crewed by a [Demining group] Survey Team struck a landmine. The vehicle’s front left wheel area and part of the engine were extensively damaged. There were no serious injuries.

Ddasaccident358, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The deminer was conducting manual clearance utilising full excavation drills. At 09:15 he was excavating the front right comer of his lane he initiated what is believed to be a V550.

Commercial Systems For The Direct Detection Of Explosives (For Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tasks), Claudio Bruschini

Global CWD Repository

The main goal of this study, carried out by the author on behalf of the Swiss Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), was to characterise existing technologies, and identify corresponding commercially available systems, for the direct detection of explosives for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) tasks. Systems should be able to determine if a given piece of munition contains explosives or is inert, and ideally in the former case to establish the type of explosive (see also Annex A2.1). This will be often referred to in the following as the “task at hand”, or the “task of interest to us”. Note that the …

Ddasaccident355, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

At 0829 Hrs on Monday 29th January 200 1, a deminer from Mine Action Team Number 2 from Pursat Province, was injured by a small explosion, at Svay Donkeo minefield. He was conducting Electronic Clearance drills as part of a two man demining pair, when he found an as yet unidentified metallic item which exploded in his hand when he picked it up.

Ddasaccident362, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

Whilst at the next site they heard a secondary explosion and looked back to see five young boys running towards the village from the site of the explosion. The RT ran to the village but could only find one of the boys, [the Victim] aged 12 years. [The Victim] was found to have wounds to his lower abdomen, on both sides.

Ddasaccident583, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

On 17th January 2001 demining was being conducted around a former helicopter base in San Francisco Libre, near Managua. A deminer stepped on a PMN mine just outside the marked area while moving between the front and back of the lane. He was “going to prod” so had presumably returned to the back of the lane to remove his metal-detector.

Ddasaccident333, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

No formal Accident report was on record in the MAC offices in June 2001. From other papers it is clear that an excavation accident occurred at 10:25. The Victim was prodding and detonated a PMN mine.

Mine Clearance By Villagers In Rural Cambodia: Spontaneous Demining Initiatives, Final Study Report, Ruth Bottomley

Global CWD Repository

This report presents the findings and conclusions of a six-month research project to investigate the occurence of mine clearance activities by villagers. The aim of the research was to provide reliable and accurate information on the subject of village mine clearance with the intention that this information could help to inform and expand the debate and perhaps suggest some viable solutions. The research was based very much on qualitative methodology. This methodology allowed the researchers to gather a more detailed, in-depth "street view" of the villages affected by mines and unexploded ordnances.

Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2001, Itf-Enhancy Human Security

Global CWD Repository

ITF Annual Report 2001

Strategic Mine Action Plan For Yemen, Gichd

Global CWD Repository

The Government of Yemen is developing a national mine action capacity capable of planning, co-ordinating and managing all aspects of mine action activities in the country. The National Demining Committee (NDC) Chaired by the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, is the central body responsible for policy formulation, resource allocation and National Mine Action Strategy.

Managing Landmine Casualty Data: Designing And Developing The Data Structures And Models Necessary To Track And Manage Landmine Casualty Data, Cisr

Global CWD Repository

The Mine Action Information Center (MAIC) at James Madison University, through a grant from the US Department of State via RONCO Consulting Corporation, implemented this project to develop a framework for the systematic collection and management of landmine casualty data. This report focuses on Phase II of the project, with Phase I already completed and Phase III to build on the results of Phase II.

The project was premised on the lack of an adequate system for collecting and managing landmine casualty data on a global basis. Data on landmine and UXO casualties is being collected in a systematic manner …

Summary Report 910 Mechanical Clearance Device, Trar Theimer

Global CWD Repository

The MCV 910, designed for clearing surfaces is a mobile mine clearance device accredited also for the public road traffic. On the rear part it presents a special rotating 4 clearance device, hydraulically operated. The clearance takes place through the rotation movement of the flail, which should, through this action, detonate the mines. When working, the vehicle moves in the opposite direction to road movement and it can be either operated through a computerized automatic pilot steering system or manually using a joystick. The device in object, having two fixed axes, disposes of a pivot steering. The machines gets powered …